We're off to a great start with infant/toddler Spanish at BABS! It's such a pleasure to work with so many families.
Here is a run down of what we've worked on so far:
Greetings
We'll be starting all of our classes by singing the hola song, followed by
Fall
Diez calabazas is a rhyme about ten pumpkins, a fall favorite! See the post for Week 5 BDLC.
Body Parts
I like to make sure that we get plenty of active time in class for our wiggly wee ones. In this series, one of the topics that we'll be focusing on is body parts. One of my favorites to get the kids moving is: Mi cuerpo hace música. See the post for Week 1 BDLC.
Another body parts classic is: Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies (Head, shoulders, knees & toes). You all know the tune, but here are the words in Spanish:
Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies, rodillas y pies
Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies, rodillas y pies
Ojos, orejas, boca y nariz
Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies, rodillas y pies
And another one of my personal favorites: Calipso
Vamos a mover, vamos a mover la cabeza
Si el calipso no suena más, yo me congelo en mi lugar
Si el calipso no suena más, yo me congelo en mi lugar
Let's move, let's move the head
If the calipso doesn't sound anymore, I will freeze in my place
If the calipso doesn't sound anymore, I will freeze in my place.
Each time, we change the body part:
los bracitos (little arms)
los piecitos (little feet)
la colita (little behind)
todo el cuerpo (the whole body)
After a lot of activity, it's helpful to create a quieter atmosphere for our children. To do this, we sing La lechuza (The Owl)-- sung to the tune of Frere Jacques-- see the post for Week 3 BDLC.
Counting
Another important topic we'll be looking at is counting 1-10.
We did Diez deditos which is sung to the tune of the 10 Little Indians-- see the post for Week 3 BDLC.
And another old familiar one was Cinco monitos (Five Little Monkeys)-- see the post for Week 5 BDLC.
Fingerplays
This is one that I enjoy doing with my 6 mo. old daughter: Este niño halló un huevo or This Little Child Found an Egg.
Este niño halló un huevo
Éste lo coció
Éste lo peló
Éste le echó sal
Y este gordito chaparrito se lo comió
Le dio sed y fue a buscar agua
This little child found an egg
This one cooked it
This one peeled it
This one put on salt
And this fat, short one ate it,
Got thirsty and went to look for water
La pequeñita araña
We did this perennial favorite to close out the class: The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
La pequeñita araña
subió, subió, subió
Vino la lluvia y se la llevó
Salió el sol y la lluvia se secó
Y la pequeñita araña subió, subió, subió
We like to do this song a second time with the GRANDOTA araña, the HUGE spider...
Goodbye!
And to conclude our class each week, we'll be singing the Goodbye song, a call & response ditty to the tune of Frere Jacques:
Adiós amigos, adíos amigos
Ya me voy, ya me voy
Me dio mucho gusto, me dio mucho gusto
Estar con ustedes, estar con ustedes
Adíos, adíos, adíos, adíos
Goodbye friends, goodbye friends
I'm going, I'm going
It was a pleasure, it was a pleasure
To be with you, to be with you
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
